Read this great article about fascia, including some research results, by Helene M. Langevin - 1st Nov 2013

The Science of Stretch: The study of connective tissue is shedding light on pain and providing new explanations for alternative medicine. By Helene M. Langevin http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/35301/title/The-Science-of-Stretch/
“It joins your thigh to your calf; your hand to your arm; your breastbone to your clavicle. As you move, it allows your muscles to glide past one another. It acts like a net suspending your organs and a high-tech adhesive holding your cells in place while relaying messages between them. Connective tissue is one of the most integral components of the human machine. Indeed, one could draw a line between any two points of the body via a path of connective tissue. This network is so extensive and ubiquitous that if we were to lose every organ, muscle, bone, nerve, and blood vessel in our bodies, we would still maintain the same shape: our ‘connective-tissue body.’”
“In contrast to the general neglect of connective tissue in the conventional medical and scientific fields, “alternative-medicine” researchers, and especially clinical practitioners, have for many years recognized the potential importance of connective tissue in health and disease. Indeed, a variety of alternative manual and movement-based therapies work under the collective assumption that connective-tissue pathology lies at the source of musculoskeletal pain, and that this can be ameliorated with manual treatments.”
We know therapy that addresses connective tissue problems work – clients walk away every day free of their pain, and with greater range of movement, without suffering through deep invasive body work.